Pneumatic-tire wheel-rim.



HENRY H. HUFFMAN, 0F CGLUMBUS, OHIO.

PNEUMATIC-TIRE WHEEL-RIM.

Speication of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 5, 1918.

Application filed May 26.1917. Serial No. 171.081.

'o all whom, `may Concern.'

lle it known that HENnY ll. HifrrnAN, a citizen ot' the United States. residing at Cohiinhiis` in the coiintv of Franklin and Stale of Ohio. have invented a certain new and iiSel'iil lnipioveinent in liieiiiiiatic-'l`ire lYheel-liinis: ol which 'the Jfollowing is a .speeilii-atioii.

This invention relates` niore particularly1 to niotor cai' wheels having reniovalile llange rings 't'oipiieiiinatic tires and has toi' its principal olijecl to simplify sach rings so that the)v nia v he convenientlyv inannl'actiiretl and he easily applied. (ltlier ohjects will appeal' troni the following' deseription, The t'eatiires ot noveltyv are pointed ont in the claim.

In the accompanying drawing- Figure 1 is a wheel eiiiiippeil with inv invention.

i Fig. 2 is a cross seetion et' the rini on a larger Seale.

The hollyy ol' the wheel is o'l` ordinary construction and inclliiles a wooden telly 5. Upon the lellv is silitahli' seeiireil a nietallie t'ell \v hand l'i ot' less wiilth than the periphery of the l'ell \Y .so as lo leave a portion oll the telly peripher)y exposed at each side thereoi' all the way around. T designates, generally, the` renioralile flange ringT which in the present` invention is of peciiliar construction in that it has a laterally projecting tongue 7 or tlange that is iinsh with the nietal tell)7 hand l and lits ori-iihe periplieryiol the tellyY and a` vertical lip T" that lits on the, side ot the, telly. The tongiie T takes the rolling thi-list ot' the ring and relieves the VJfastening bolts ot strain and vertical pressiii'e. The llange ring also has a hioad ontwartlly Haring siirtaee T beyond the eleneher v "Vd V gioove i lhis broad llaiing eiiirtiicel lessens the liahility lo rini ciittine'. The llange rings 7 at opposite sides of the wheel are identical in forni and size and are therefore interchangeable, either fitting on either side ,of the l'laiige rings pi'oiiiotes economy ot' the wheel. This` identity ol form and Size in nniinifactiire and avoids` confiision in the apptication ot' the rings to the wheel. The

lip T" is proviileil with perforated ears 7" thriiiigh whif'h the fastening holtfv 8 are.

passed.

ln equipping a wheel with in v llaiiges I pierce the l'ellv with an even ninnliei' otl holes for lhe liolls` and i'ewi'se the position ot' the siiecessiw hulls aroiiinl the fell): The tlange ring T on that siile of the wheel adjacent the chassis is seein-eil h v hulls having their heads. located on and engaging the oiiter side of the felllv while the corresponding ring on the oiiteiside ot the wheel is' seciii'ed hy holt's having their headsl located on the innei' side ol the wheel with the niits` on lho oiiter side of the wheel. rl`he inner liange ringr hy this arrangement ii ordinariY iise. and practice inight lie ternied the permanent tlange while the oiiter flange is the reniov'- ahle one. Ut course. the inner ring ean be, reniored hy the driver as when reiiiote from repair facilities and a tiie lieconies` hopelessi)F piinctiireil or lilnwii ont and it is desired to i'etilrn lion'e withont riinning on a ilellated tire. When hoth tianges are renioved the wheel can lie driven on the iron telly hanil (3 withonl injiir)v at all.

'The invention is not contini-d in its iise t0 pneiiniatic lires. noi' is the invention confined to the precise fornis ofthe parts shown.

lVhat I claim is- In eoniliination with a wheel having a telly, ot tiri1 receiving flange rings fitted to the opposite sides of the lellv`y said flange rings having a` series of lips engaging the .sides ol' the telly and arranged ont of alliieinent on opposite sides thereof and a plurality ol' fastening ineans each engaging a lip on one, side ot' the tellyy and the siirt'aee of the fell)v between the lips on the` opposite side 0f the felly.

HENRY ll. IUFFMN. 

